Alisa U Zemlji Chuda
Mike Driver
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he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
@theartofmadeline
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titsay
dirt enthusiast
noise dept.
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JBB: An Artblog!
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izzy's playlists!
YOU ARE THE REASON
if i look back, i am lost
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@error404-holiness-not-found
"heehee in alterhuman spaces can we replace 'chat' with 'pack?'" "here are some body-safe alterhuman food options [a bunch of things with kibble mouthfeel]" "omg when someone says something that makes u happy and you wag your tail" NO!!!!! BEGONE!!! NOT ALL OF US ARE CANIDS!!!!!
One of my irrational irritants within the alterhuman community is treating humans like they arenât animals or creatures
The idea that humans arenât animals is a uniquely human ideology & itâs not one i subscribe to; humans are animals. The separation of humans & the concept of humanity from animals has caused many many issues; more harm than good id argue
Humans are animals
& theyâre frankly pretty silly ones
Reverse Therian
One of the things I hate about being a nonhuman is shifts. Sometimes theyâre fine, wing shifts are very uncomfortable when lying down but thatâs just a natural consequence of laying on your wings.
Itâs the longing and knowledge that, though I feel it, itâs not actually there: nobody will ever see me as, truly, my species and Iâll never be able to actually use my nonhuman features. I can be, but I canât be. Itâs the most uncomfortable duality I can think of, and the closest I can get to myself is social media bios and pfps.
it/its as in a concept so abstract you couldn't begin to personify it
I'm so attached to the trope of "horrifying creature being cute and/or trying to do kind things" because it about describes me on a daily basis
hey shoutout to black angels. all the angel iconography is very euro-centric, and i js wanna let y'all know that you're valid, and the color and shade of your skin does not equate to the amount of "purity" you have. y'all are so awesome sauce!
Maybe this is already a thing, maybe itâs not:
Term Coining!
Parakin
A label in-between otherhearted and otherkin. It describes a feeling that one âis and isnâtâ a species or character. This can be because ones âtrueâ species (read: kintype) is similar or related to the parakin, but it doesnât necessarily need to be.
This term was originally made for one of our alters, but anybody can use it.
â âą â âą â âą â âą â
Symbol
Feel free to come up with your own symbols or flags, too, since weâre unimaginative.
A comment i just saw
Look, i know they mean this in a 'conspiracy' type way, but reading this as an Alterhuman is hilarious đ
Honestly, a lot of conspiracy stuff is so much funnier when you look at it from an alterhuman perspective.
âThere are lizard people among usâ
Yes.
âAliens walk amongst usâ
True.
â[God/The gods] once walked this earthâ
They still do.
â[Insert random cryptid like Bigfoot or Nessy]â
I see them right over there, actually.
I wish we could have more characters in media that are non/alter/demihuman and/or feel nonhuman but instead of going on this life changing, emotional journey of finding their humanity and blah, blah, blah... they instead find pride in who they are.
They don't need to be or feel human to prove their kindness, faithfulness, trustworthiness, generosity, mercy, openness, love and all that we deem good and precious.
And neither should you, because you being you on default makes you a valuable member of this planet đ
Tbh, as much as I love flags, I think I greatly prefer the alterhuman community using symbols. Idrk why I prefer it, I just like having symbols. Now, tbf, itâs not like you can really show a lot of distinction between the types (like⊠how do you intend to distinguish between a house cat therian and a bobcat therian via symbol alone) butâŠ. Like still. Symbols are just cool.
I made ear wings!!!!!! I luv em
PSA
otherkin/kin is already plural
"otherkins/kins" does not make any sense
This!!
Thereâs also a small list of reasons why â-kinsâ is wrong!
Letâs take a look at some basic word origin. âOtherkinâ was coined by somebody in some nonhuman email-newsletter thing in the early internet days. They coined this word because they got tired of having to repeatedly type stuff like âelf/fairy/dragon/orc/etc.-kinâ. In a lot of these cases, âotherkinâ was used as a plural word. We do often use it as a singular noun, now, but it does still function perfectly fine as a plural noun, on its own.
âKinâ is already plural in the mainstream usage of the word. âKinâ is primarily used to refer to your relatives or to refer to a group of people from the same ancestry. You can say âthese are my kinâ while introducing your family. That is grammatically correct.. itâll just give you the extra bonus of sounding like you either came from a different era or a fantasy book because thatâs a bit archaic. (It can also imply âraceâ or being âpart of a raceâ when used with in tandem with another species. This is why older otherkin chose to use â-kinâ and â-kindâ.)
âKinâ is also both plural and singular in things like DnD, as you see with âdragonkinâ. If you said âthe five dragonkins stare you down as you walk byâ, youâll probably get corrected and, even if youâre not, youâll definitely ruin whatever tense atmosphere you were going for because it comes across as like a toddler saying âgoosesâ or âseeâdâ.
original comic from vsemily , little kossai riff version . :P
treat others with decency even if fail to understand experiences !
I donât think Iâll ever understand the âso long as you know youâre not actually [nonhuman]â argument. Like⊠I dunno. Itâs just weird as shit. It comes in a few shades, but it always confusing to me. Itâs like.. reliant on the idea that youâre ânot actually therian/otherkin if you donât consider yourself humanâ. Like⊠what? Like.. youâre only âtrulyâ therian/otherkin if you âknow youâre not actually what you say you areâ. What?? Does that not defeat the entire fucking point? Do they think weâre roleplaying or something?? That the âtrueâ nonhuman community consists of.. roleplayers? What??
You know what? Iâm not physically or psychologically nonhuman. Iâm paradoxically nonhumanâ both and neither. I am Schrödingerâs cat if the box could never be opened and the cat could not die to anything but the poison. Fuck you. Fuck your binary.
Tbh, Iâm at the point where I feel like the alterhuman community might as well just be called the âtherian+ communityâ. I mean.. thatâs obviously where most of the communityâs main focus is. Anything else is just an afterthought, so the name fits perfectly!
